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Angelos, try donkey instead of horse if you have one at hand, and see if it doesn't match better. -- Deb Bennett > Dear colleagues, > > I hope you are all doing great. I have uploaded some photographs of what I > think is a tibia (posterior face, most probably within the proximal half). > My main question concerns the identification of species. I was wondering > whether it could belong to horse/donkey, based on the muscular lines on > the posterior face of the tibia. Those lines are present in many species > but are usually more and more dense (i.e. smaller spaces between them) on > equids than e.g. cattle and red deer. I compared this specimen with > cattle, red deer and horse and the latter is the closest in morphology. My > uncertainty is based on the fact that muscular lines are highly variable > (age, sex, breed and 'lifestyle', just to name a few variables that affect > musculature and hence those lines) and I am sure the collection I > consulted catches only a fraction of the naturally occurring variability. > Also, I am dealing with a period/area that we do not know when exactly > domestic equids were introduced. > > > Here is the link to the photographs: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/59255808@N07/sets/72157629540400737/ > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Cheers, > > Angelos > > >